Welcome to Ms. Burgess' Class!

My Philosophy

Time and experiences have brought me to believe that certain elements are timeless truths. I believe that students are:

instinctively artists

naturally creative in the reflection of the Creator

proud of their creations when held in the admiration of the eyes of those who love them

human hearts are innately cooperative, giving, and cooperative

each of us are God's gift to us in this moment in time and space

Procedures

Each student should arrive to class prepared with basic art equipment such as:

a sharpened pencil

large eraser

glue stick/liquid glue

box of crayons

markers

scissors

Work independently with an indoor voice, being mindful of volume and cooperation, as well as their attitude and participation in class.

Each student will clean their area upon exiting and become aware of the final deadline for the project.

Portfolios/Notebooks/Binders

Each student in
grades 1-3 will be given a notebook with clean paper. Students will design their own cover. Notebooks should be kept in an art folder in school. If they need to finish at home, they are to ask the teacher permission to take it home and finish. It is returned within two days, so it may arrive with
the class set. If they are absent on the day we meet, make-up is not necessary.

Students in
grades 4-5 will have a binder with 20 sheet protectors. All work/projects are to be put in this binder according to dates, and kept in the classroom at all times. The binder will be graded in Christmas and at the end of the school year, only for the number of projects. The work is graded upon completion. Make-up work is required for absences. All late work is to be placed in the blue box outside my office.

Grading

PreK all prejects are evaluated with participation only. Projects are displayed or taken home.
Kinder is evaluated with participation/cooperation on all projects.
1-380% Projects are graded in their notebooks with each project having it's own criteria.
20% PAC Participation/attitude/cooperation during art sessions.

4-580% Projects are graded and returned for their entry into the page protectors. The are filed in the
binder which remains in the classroom. Due to the flexibilty and convenience of a single project,
the student may take only the current project in order to finish.
15% PAC Participation/attitude/cooperation during art sessions.
5% Materials which reflect the student prepearedness for each Art session.

6-860% Major Projects
20% Minor Projects Projects are graded and returned for their entry into the page protectors. The are filed in the
binder which remains in the classroom. Due to the flexibilty and convenience of a single project,
the student may take only the current project in order to finish.
15% PAC Participation/attitude/cooperation during art sessions.
5% Materials which reflect the student prepearedness for each Art session.
Art will be given handouts as the course progresses

Discipline

Students are verbally reminded of Cardinal rules. The second warning is to use the teachers consequences as followed in their classroom.

"God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things."Pablo Picasso